Duality or something else

[Adutiya]

@Nimal

How to interpret "cessation"?

Hi bradif1, If I may offer a brief suggestion, cessation means both that everything completely ceases, and that things partly cease. A paradox? Not really! It’s just a matter of time. When someone attains arahantship, certain of the aspects of dependent origination cease immediately, such as ignorance, craving, and grasping. Things such as rebirth in a new life also “cease” immediately, although in a somewhat different sense, because here what is meant is the potential for rebirth. Other thi…